The Play Date Cafe PDCC97

Welcome back to the Play Date Cafe!

It's everyone's favorite challenge....

The Color Splash!

How to splash? 

Simply create something in Black and then add just a splash of color

THIS WEEK IT'S A SPLASH OF RED!!!!

Remember...it's ONLY A SPLASH & ONLY RED!

(all other color splashes will be deleted!)

In Cafe News...

We are so happy to have another new

Private Blend Designer 

coming to The Cafe!!

Please meet 

Stacy Rodriguez

"My name is Stacy Rodriguez and I'm a midwest girl from Illinois.  
I have been scrapbooking for about 8 years now.  I love every minute of creating cards, layouts, and altered items. I also work at my LSS so I ALWAYS have my hands on scrap goodies!!  I have been with hubby for 15 years now, and we have a daughter who just started high school this year and she is the main focus of almost all of my layouts!!   When I am scrapbooking you will always find a cup of coffee or a Dr. Pepper by my side to keep the mojo going.  I try and create something or work on a project everyday.  My scrapbook addiction is letter stickers.  Any kind, color,size you name it I love my letter stickers.

I want to thank everyone here for welcoming me as the newest 
Private Blend Designer.

We are so pleased to welcome 

a wonderful new sponsor to the Cafe...

I have always believed there was a need for stamp sets that crafters could use in their cards, scrapbook pages and other crafty projects for the boys and men in their life.  I have searched for stamps that could fill that niche  but would only find a random stamp set here and there.  I was tired of the same old fishing and sports stamp sets.  I could not rely on the craft market to meet my needs so I went out and started my own stamp company...TradeFish Designs!

Now don't get the wrong idea, you can use the images and sentiments in my stamps for feminine cards or projects too!  I am creating stamps that you can use for anyone...think of them as "unisexy" stamps.  All the designs are a product of my own quirky design style and sense of humor, as well as a reflection of the boys and men I have had the privilege to know and love.  I hope you enjoy TradeFish Designs stamps and create wonderful projects for the people you care about.

TradeFish Designs Company Pledge:  

There will be no flowers, butterflies and/or girly swirls in any TradeFish Designs stamp sets ever!

This weeks

Cup of the Week

will win a... 

$20 shopping spree at TradeFish Designs!

A special thank you to TradeFish Designs for providing

our designers with this week's images...

And here is the Splash work of 

The Play Date Design Team...

Jinny Newlin

Julie Day

Libby Hickson

Michele Gross 

Ruby McGuire 

Savannah O'Gwynn

Tracey Kuzniak

Andrea Ewen

Colleen Dietrich

Denise January

Jaclyn Miller

Please follow THE PLAY DATE CAFE RULES 
carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday

The 'Cup of the Week' will be announced 
during the next challenge.

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge.

Interpret the colors the way you see them.

We do not use specific card stock color names or brands.

Break out of the box and have fun! 

The main requirement is:

PDCC COLORS BE THE

FOCUS OF YOUR SUBMISSION

When using additional colors, 
they must be limited to neutrals.

You are welcome to combine challenges, 
but we do ask that:
1. The PDCC name and/or photo is used 
2. OUR colors are the focus of the card.

See complete rules on sidebar at left

The Fab 4

The Cream in our Coffee

and

THE CUP of the WEEK

 Another great challenge has come to a close.

A very warm thank you to all who entered.

This challenge is only successful because of YOU

so please, PLEASE play with us again!

This Week's Fab 4...

(in alphabetical order)

Carla ~ Carla's Stamping Spot

Claire B ~ Clare's Creations

Lenet ~ To Scrap or Not to Scrap

Tracy ~ Created by Tracy

The Fab can proudly display the

'I Made the Fab 4'

badge on their blogs!

The Cream in our Coffee...

( honorable mentions in random order) 

Steph M 

 Karen B
ET
Nicole
Brenda W
Debbie C
Fee
Lindsey
Danielle W

Jen A

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and
 

The Cup of the Week...

Melissa L ~ My Whimsy Life

Melissa wins the fab stamp set from

and can proudly display the 'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winner

please contact Michele atcookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe Design Team Call...LAST CALL

For the Current Challenge

CLICK HERE

It's last call!

We are on the search for new creative talent

to add to our Design Team.

Do you enjoy playing with color?

Do you enjoy a challenge?

Do you enjoy being an inspiration to others?

We are looking for a variety of styles.....

Cards, layouts, mixed media, shabby chic or vintage

retro, grunge, clean and simple...you name it!

 

For all of the details, click here

 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

Midnight, EST

Sunday, November 7th

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC26

It is time for challenge #26 here in The Cafe.

Lots happening here this week...
We have a fabulous celebrity guest designer
and a really fun sponsor,

so let's get right to it, shall we?!

This week, we are thrilled to have

Mod Podge Rocks as our sponsor!

Amy Anderson is the awesome host of this

fun and fabulous blog and she is offering this

great Mod Podge 'Starter Pack' to our

'Cup of the Week'

for this challenge.

This starter pack reminds us all that...

'it's not your mama's Mod Podge'!

There are just so many fabulous formulas

for more projects than ever.

Make some time to pop over to

Mod Podge Rocks and tell them

The Play Date Cafe sent you  : )

This week's celebrity guest designer is

Jen Tapler

of Jen Tapler Designs.

You may know Jen from...well...

She hates 'tooting her own horn' but

here she is to introduce herself:

"Aloha!  

I am so honored and excited to be playing

along with the Play Date Cafe girls this week!

I live on the beautiful island of Maui

with my husband Joel and my 3 year old son, Dean.

I've been scrapbooking and stamping 

for a couple of years now and am 

completely addicted to all things paper!

I am currently on the design team for

Verve and Clear and Simple Stamps

as well as Paper Craft Planet.

I am really into hybrid papercrafting

(digi meets traditional)

and serve on the Hybrid Creative Team

for Sweet Shoppe Designs and

Libby Weifenbach as well as a freelance

designer for Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs

and Crystal Wilkerson.

I host the Scrapbook Sketch Challenge

'Scrappy Sunday' over at PCP.

I enjoy spending time with my family,

hanging out at the beach, hiking, surfing, camping,

paddleboarding and just enjoying the beauty of

our island home."

The color story this week was chosen by

Julie Ranae.  Inspired by the fabulous

Sundance.com catalog, yummy eye-candy for all!
"Feel free to use silver or gray along with
clay, cream and turquoise-y blue.
IT'S YOUR INTERPRETATION
so have fun!"

Your design team hostess-with-the-mostess

Savannah O'Gwynn

"I love color challenges. It makes me think outside the box.

However, the hardest thing for me when working with color 

challenges, is picking which sketch 

I would like to use. I had three sketches this week--so it 

was hard to pick one that would showcase the colors well:}"

Here's what our other designers have done to inspire you.....

 'Private Blend' Designer  

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

Stephanie Kraft ~ HandKrafted by Stephanie

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot 

Sarah ~ The Art of Moodling

Please follow the rules carefully to enter.
Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
The 'Cup of the Week' will be announced during the next challenge.
ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge. 
Interpret the colors the way you see them. 
We do not use specific card stock color names or brands.
Break out of the box and have fun!  


The main requirement is:
PDCC COLORS BE THE FOCUS OF YOUR SUBMISSION
When using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals. 
You are welcome to combine challenges, 
but we do ask that:
 1. The PDCC name and/or photo is used
2. OUR colors are the focus of the card.

 See complete rules on sidebar at right

We are so happy to have you play along with us!
Your link MUST go directly to your entry for the week
All others will be deleted

see complete rules on sidebar on right

  

The Fab 4
The Cream in our Coffee
and
THE CUP of the WEEK

Another challenge has come to a close.

A very warm thank you to all who entered.

This challenge is only successful because of YOU
so please, PLEASE play with us again!

 The Play Date Cafe congratulates 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #25:

(in alphabetical order)

Andrea M ~ Work in Progress
Kathe ~ Majos Art
Lynette ~ Netter's Notables
Michele Gross ~ Studio MSG

The Fab 4 can proudly display the

'I Made the Fab 4'

badge on their blogs!

The Cream in our Coffee 

( make sure you see this talent, too! )

 Tamie Camp

Tenia
Nancy K

Cathy
Georgia M
Janis
Kirsty
Valonda L
Dawn T
Banu

Agata
AgnieszkaBe

and The Play Date Cafe Cup of the Week...

Lisa V ~ Mimi G. Gallery

Lisa wins the fabulous stamp set from
last week's sponsor, Lawn Fawn Designs.

and can proudly display the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

Lisa will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in the cafe.

Lisa, please contact Julie Ranae at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address to receive your prize.

PDCC Design Team Update

 For this week's challenge,

CLICK HERE

 

DESIGN TEAM CALL UPDATE

Rather than have some of you wonder and fret,

we thought an update was in order.

The emails have gone out to those who

have been chosen...but we are waiting on a

couple of replies.  A deadline has been set

for responses, so if you have not been

contacted, there is still an opportunity for you.

Also...a few NEW opportunities have arisen

for the applicants of the PDCC Design Team,

so those contacts will be made soon.

We hope to have all contacts made no later than Tuesday.